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TELEGRAPH
Definition of TELEGRAPH
noun
Synonym of telegraphy, any process for transmitting arbitrarily long messages over a long distance using a symbolic code.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French télégraphe, equivalent to tele- (“far, distant”) + -graph (“writing”), suggested as a new name for Claude Chappe's overland semaphore network by André François Miot de Mélito in place of Chappe's original tachygraphe (“tachygraph, fast writer”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,177)
branch · 15.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TELEGRAPH · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TELEGRAPH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 70 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TELEGRAPH starts with T and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AEEGHLPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start TELEGR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found TELEGRAPH?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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